autobiography
Americannoun
plural
autobiographiesnoun
Other Word Forms
- autobiographer noun
Etymology
Origin of autobiography
Example Sentences
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Jackson recounted in his autobiography that King told him, “Come with me full time and you’ll learn more theology in six months than you would in six years at the seminary.”
From Los Angeles Times
Hampton also wrapped up the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award in November after being caught up in the fallout of Mary Earps' autobiography, which was released earlier that month.
From BBC
There are certainly flints of autobiography and different friends in different characters — they’ve read it and liked it, and if they saw themselves, they were pleasant about it.
From Los Angeles Times
In his autobiography, Darling recalls a “very, very angry” call from Mr. Dimon.
Le Carré, who died at age 89 in 2020, recounts in his autobiography “The Pigeon Tunnel” how he discovered the case in his mother Olive’s home shortly after her death in 1989.
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